Carton for cigarettes and like articles



Jan. 26, 1932. w. E. MOLINS CARTON FOR CIGARETTES AND LIKE ARTICLES Filed March 18, 1929 MMVM Patented Jan. 26, 1932' rrno STATES WALTER EVERETT MOLINS, 0F DEPTFORD, LONDON, ENGLAND CARTON FOR CIGARETTES AND LIKE ARTICLES Application filed March 18, 1929, Serial No. 348,059, and in Great Britain April 19, 1928.

This invention is for improvements in or relating to cartons for cigarettes or similarly shaped articles, and has for its object the provision of means which will facilitate the removal of the cigarettes from the carton, and in addition, retain each cigarette firmly in position even after some of the cigarettes have been removed from the container.

The present invention consists of a carton 13) for cigarettes or similarly shaped articles arranged to receive a single row of cigarettes with the axes of the same arranged parallel to the mouth of the carton and provided with an inner liner arranged in a U formation 13 about the cigarettes so that by pulling one end of the liner the cigarettes may be moved one at a time through the mouth of the carton whilst serving to maintain the remaining cigarettes as a composite bunch, free from unintentional displacement when the carton is closed.

Further, the present invention consists of a carton for cigarettes or similarly shaped articles which comprises two U shaped block ended pockets each formed so as to hold a single row of cigarettes in position with the axes thereof disposed parallel to the mouth of the pocket, a flap hingingly connecting the two pockets in such a manner as to permit the same to be opened out into line with the open ends of the pockets directed towards one another and extending across the open ends of the two pockets and forming a closure element for the same when one pocnct is folded upon the other, and an inner liner arranged in a U formation about each batch of cigarettes so that by pulling one end of the liner the cigarettes of one pocket may be moved one at a time through the mouth of the said pocket whilst serving to maintain the cigarettes of each pocket as a composite bunch, free from unintentional displacement.

The invention will be more particularly described withreference to the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 shows a double pocket container constructed according to the present invention.

Fig. 2 shows the blank from which the carton shown in Fig. 1 is made.

Fig. 3 shows a longitudinal section of m Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 shows a single pocket container constructed according to the invention.

Fig. 5 shows the blank for this form of container.

Fig. 6 shows a modified form of Fig. 4:.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 3; the container comprises two pockets 1 each adapted to hold a single row of cigarettes with the axes thereof disposed parallel to the mouth of the pocket and having a. flap 2 hingingly con necting the two pockets in such a manner as to permit the same to be opened out into line with the open ends of the pockets directed towards one another and extending automatically across the open ends of the pockets and forming the closure element for the same when one pocket is-folded upon the other.

The carton is formed from a. rectangular stripof cardboard or like material composed of two sections 3 and 4, Fig. 2, each adapted to be formed into a U shaped block ended pocket.

According to the present invention the carton is formed with an inner liner 5 substan- 75 tially of the length of the blank from which the carton is formed so that when the two pockets of the carton are formed, the same will be provided with an inner liner which extends from the open mouth of one pocket 8% around the internal surface of said pocket across the closure flap of the carton and around the internal surface of the second pocket and terminate at the mouth of the second pocket, as shown clearly in the sectional View at Fig. 3.

Referring to Fig. 3, it willbe observed that by pulling one free end of the liner 5, a certain number of cigarettes will be moved one I at a time through the'mouth of the correl spending pocket, and if the free end of the liner is thereafter folded back upon the adjacent face of'the pocket as shown in dotted lines, and the two pockets of the carton are folded one upon the other, it will be found that the remaining cigarettes in the one pocket will be held between the closure flap and the liner which envelops the cigarettes and prevented from moving relatively to the pocket.

Slots 6 are preferably formed on the inner surfaces of the two pockets in order to facili tate the ejection of cigarettes and so that the consumer may move the liner back again into the pocket if the said liner has been pulled too far out. From time to time the consumer may tear off portions of the over hanging flap of the liner.

In the form of the invention shown in Fig. 4. the liner is gummed to the inner surfaceof the flap of the carton as indicated by the hatching 7. By securing the liner in this manner the customer is able to pull on the other end of the liner at 8 without the necessity of grasping the portion of the liner which extends over the surface of the flap of the carton.

Both types of packets illustrated in Figs. 1

' and 4 are provided with cut-away portions 9 to enable the consumer to take hold of the end of the liner.

In the modification shown in Fig. 6, the cutaway portion 9 and the slot 6 are omitted, and a portion 10 of the liner is adapted to extend above the top of the pocket so that the consumer may take hold of the same.

It will be observed that in addition to the liner forming the means for removing the cigarettes from the pockets of the carton, it further servs to maintain the cigarettes of a pocket in position free from moving relatively to the pocket until all the cigarettes have been consumed.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A carton for cigarettes having an open mouth and of such dimensions as tocreceive a single row of cigarettes disposed parallel to the mouth, said carton being provided with an inner liner arranged about the cigarettes in a U formation, one end of said liner projecting through the open mouth of the carton, whereby cigarettes may be withdrawn, one at a time, through the carton mouth by pulling the projecting liner end, and a closure member having one end connected to the rear face of the carton and adapted to be folded over the carton mouth and against the projecting end of the liner to retain the liner and cigarettes against displacement within the carton.

2. A carton for cigarettes of the double pocket type, each pocket having an open mouth and being of such dimensions as to re ceive a single row of cigarettes disposed parallel to the mouth of the pocket, said carton including a flap hingedly connecting said pockets whereby the latter may be folded upon one another to bring the flap across the pocket mouths to close the carton or may be opened out to uncover the pocket mouths, and a liner extending within one pocket in U formation about the cigarettes therein, across the connecting flap, and within the other pocket in U formation about the cigarettes therein, one end of said liner projecting from the mouth of a pocket whereby cigarettes may be withdrawn, one at a time, from one pocket and thereafter withdrawn, one at a time, from the other pocket by pulling the projecting end of the liner, the connectin flap being adapted, when the pockets are olded upon one another, to engage the projecting ends of the liner to retain the liner and cigarettes against displacement within the pockets.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aifix my signature.

WALTER EVERETT MOLINS. 

